Fly-paper holder.



No. 628,494. Patented luly n, I899.

J. w. SCHRIEVER.

FLY PAPER HOLDER.

(Application filed July 11, 1896.)

No Modal.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.)

JOHN WILLIAM SOHRIEVER, OF RICHLAND, IOWA.

FL Y-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,494, elated July 11 1899.

Application filed July 11, 1898. Serial No. 685,679. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, J OHN'WILLIAM SCHRIE- VER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richland, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Fly-Paper Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fly-paper holders.

The object of the present invention is to provide a .simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to hold compactly a sheet of fly-paper to prevent the same from being blown about by the wind and contacting with other objects and capable, after the exposed portion of the paper has become filled with flies, of being readily adjusted to bring fresh portions of the fly=paper in position for catching flies.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fly-paper holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures'of the drawings.

1 designates a horizontal cylinder or body preferably constructed of sheet metal; but any other suitable material may be employed. The cylinder is designed to receive a sheet of fly-paper and is capable of compactly holding the same, and it is adapted to prevent the fly-paper from blowing about and contacting with other objects. The fly-paper is readily attached to the cylinder by overlapping the. ends 5 of the paper, the coating for catching flies serving to hold the ends of the paper together, as will be readily understood.

The cylinder is adapted to be rotated to expose different portions of the surface of the fly-paper 4 until the entiresheet is consumed, and in order to prevent the fiy-paper from coming in contact with a table or other support upon which the device may be placed the cylinder is provided at its .ends with flanges 2, having series of straight edges 3, forming rests and adapted to prevent the cylinder from rolling. The flanges 2, which form annular series of straight edges, are preferably composed of polygonal plates secured to the ends of the cylinder and form ing ends or heads for the same.

The invention has the following advantages: The device, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is adapted to receive readily a sheet of fly-paper, and it is capable of preventing the same from being blown about by the wind. It exposes the flypaper more 'efiectually than when the same is laid flat upon a table or other supportingsurface', and it compactly arranges the fiypaper and successively exposes fresh portions of the same as the exposed portions become used. The straight edges of the polygonal flanges correspond and form series of rests which hold the cylinder against accidental 7o movement.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. 7 5

What I claim is- 1. A fly-paper holder comprising a horizontal body arranged to receive a sheet of flypaper. on its exterior, and capable of rotation to bring difierent portions of the surface of 8c the same uppermost, and supports arranged to hold the body in its several positions and adapted to support the same above a table or other surface to prevent the fly-paper and captured flies from coming in contact with the same, substantially as described.

2. A fly-paper holder, comprising a cylinder adapted to receive a sheet of fly-paper and capable of rotation to expose different portions of the surface of the same, and polygonal 9o flanges arranged at the ends of the cylinder and provided with a series of edges forming rests and adapted to hold the cylinder against rotation, substantially as described. Y

3. A fly-paper holder, comprising a sheetmetal cylinder adapted to receive a sheet of fly-paper, and polygonal plates secured to the ends of the cylinder, projecting beyond the surface of the cylinder and provided with a series of straight edges forming rests, subroe stantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM SCHRIEVER.

Witnesses:

M. HADLEY, OSCAR HoBsoN. 

